How I Finally Hacked Spelling my Name in German
When I lived in Latvia, I never needed to spell my name. While not very common as a last name, “Ieviņa” is the…
5 Reasons Why I Make a Terrible Latvian Mother
Parenting outside the culture where you yourself were born and raised can be a tricky thing. I certainly do some things differently than…
Growing up Away from Home
Today, exactly 10 years ago, I landed in Hamburg ready to start my German adventure. I was following a dream of studying abroad and…
Our Trilingual Family: the Building Blocks
In our little multicultural and trilingual family we use three languages on a daily basis – German, Latvian, and English. Here’s how we…
Answers to the 5 Most Common Questions about the Latvian Language
Every year on the 21st of February UNESCO celebrates the International Mother Language Day to mark the richness and diversity of the thousands of languages spoken…
